TitleCambridge handbook of strategy as practice / edited by Damon Golsorkhi, Linda Rouleau, David Seidl, Eero Vaara
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Edition Second edition
Descript xxv, 664 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm

CONTENT

Part I. Ontological and Epistemological Questions : Practice in research: phenomenon, perspective and philosophy ; Epistemological alternatives for researching strategy as practice: building and dwelling worldviews ; Making strategy: meta-theoretical insights from Heideggerian phenomenology ; Constructivist paradigms: implications for strategy as practice research ; Constructing contribution in strategy-as-practice research ; The ongoing challenge of developing cumulative knowledge about strategy as practice ; Practical relevance of practice-based research on strategy -- Part II. Theoretical Resources: Social Theory : Giddens, structuration theory and strategy as practice ; An activity theory approach to strategy as practice ; A Bourdieusian perspective on strategizing ; An economies-of-worth perspective on strategy as practice: justification, valuation and critique in the practice of strategy ; A Wittgensteinian perspective on strategizing ; A Foucauldian perspective on strategic practice: strategy as the art of (un)folding ; A narrative approach to strategy as practice: strategy-making from texts and narratives ; Actor-network theory and strategy as practice -- Part III. Theoretical Resources: Organization and Management Theories ; An institutional perspective on strategy as practice ; Relating strategy as practice to the resource-based view, capabilities perspectives and the micro-foundations approach ; Theory of routine dynamics and connections to strategy as practice ; Identity work as a strategic practice ; Sensemaking in strategy as practice: a phenomenon or a perspective? ; The communicative constitution of strategy-making: exploring fleeting moments of strategy ; Analytical frames for studying power in strategy as practice and beyond ; A critical perspective on strategy as practice -- Part IV. Methodological Resources : Using ethnography in strategy-as-practice research; 25. Researching strategists and their identity in practice: building 'close-with' relationships ; Studying strategizing through biographical methods: narratives of practices and life trajectories of practitioners ; Researching everyday practice: the ethnomethodological contribution ; Critical discourse analysis as methodology in strategy-as-practice research ; Studying strategy as practice through historical methods ; Quantitative methods in strategy-as-practice research -- Part V. Substantive Topic Areas : Strategic planning as practice ; Meetings and workshops as strategy practices ; The role of materiality in the practice of strategy ; Strategy-as-practice research on middle managers strategy work ; Participation in strategy work ; The role of emotions in strategizing


SUBJECT

  1. Strategic planning -- Handbooks
  2. manuals
  3. etc

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Political Science Library658.4012 C178 2015 CHECK SHELVES